simon hutchinson

Person Recital Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Details TBA

Thelma Schnitzer Hall
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Admission: Free

Come join us for an evening of premieres by Simon Hutchinson, Young-Shin Choi, Chi Wang, and Mark Knippel. Check out the facebook event page for more information.

Aasen-Hull Hall
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Admission: Free

Program:

Tsugaru Jinku – Japanese Traditional
arranged for flugelhorn and shamisen

Fireworks – Jenifer Jaseau
for mixed ensemble and electronic conductor

The Day of the Lotus Festival – Aaron Pergram
for soprano saxophone and percussion quartet

Three Lights – Joel Ford
for mixed ensemble

panoramic photo by Jon Bellona
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A few weeks ago, November 19th-22nd, I had an opportunity to work with Wayne Vitale from Gamelan Sekar Jaya in tuning the University of Oregon Gamelan. This was an incredible unique experience and, though there were a few repetitive tasks, really educational in both in regard to the gamelan and to the physics of sound in general. I came out of the weekend with a number of ideas to explore in future compositions.

Anyway, we spent a lot of time doing repairs to the mallets, resonators, and wood of the instruments, and, as you’re probably imagining, we accomplished the “tuning” by carefully applying angle grinders to the bronze keys and pots of the instrument.

Last Saturday was the TaiHei Ensemble Concert, our Pacific-Rim ensemble. I realized the day of the concert, but every single piece on the program had some degree of improvisation to it, though that improvisation came in many different forms.

Anyway, I highly recommend that you give it a listen. I’ve posted the MP3s on the TaiHei Ensemble Site on the media page. It’s a great ensemble, this concert was four performers: shamisen, percussion/trumpet, saxophone/hulusi, and tuba… I don’t know how many other people can claim they played in a quartet for shami, trumpet, sax, and tuba.

Harold Golen Gallery
2294 North West 2nd Avenue
Miami, Fl, 33127
Admission: Free

The fixed-media-only version of my piece, “Ewha, Nabi” will be performed on the “Jukebox Program” of the 12 Nights’ Electronic Arts and Music Festival in Miami.

School of Music, Room 163
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Admission: Free

Program and details TBA!